...and I'd be happy to dump your pictures to CD on the ship.

I have a multi-format card reader that can read Compact Flash (CF), SD-Card, MMC, Memory Stick, SmartMedia, MicroDrives, and maybe xD card (I just don't know and haven't encountered one). So if your camera uses any of those kinds of card for storing images, we can pull the images off the card onto Marsha's laptop.

Then it is a small matter to "burn" them on a CD. I'll be bringing a bunch of "miniCD" disks (they're smaller, hold a bit more than 200MB, and work in regular CD drives) which we can use or, if you prefer, bring your own CD-R disks on which I can write your pictures.

Let me know if you're interested,

george (a.k.a., "Mr. Marnalou")

Thanks George,
I might take you up on it (IF I have time to take any pictures! <img border="0" alt="[Drinking]" title="" src="graemlins/062802drink_prv.gif" /> )

Mr. Marnalou:

A pooling of photos is a neat idea; however, I have an xD card.

Cheers! Ray

My camera also uses an XD card. I have a multi-card reader that definitely works with an XD card. I'm happy to bring this.

Marcie, that would be great (bringing your card reader). That should cover us for whatever folks may have!

george (a.k.a., "Mr. Marnalou")

Where do you store a laptop in your room to keep it safe? I don't think the safe is big enough. Do you just leave it out? DH wants to take our laptop but that is far more expensive than any bauble or bling bling I'll have and I guess I worry about it disappearing.

I always leave mine out, on the desk, wherever I am. I've never had one even moved. I think I've decided not to take my laptop tomorrow, because it would just be to play games on; the memory card for my camera will hold far more pictures than I'll actually take. For PARTY, if RSSC has the wireless connections in the suites, I'll take it.

Tomorrow. Wow!

The problem with memory cards and cameras is that as you delete the pictures you don't want, saving the ones that you do, it tends to "confuse" the memory of the camera making it hard to retrieve pictures. I've had to reformat my card twice losing a few pictures each time. I want to upload the pictures and just reformat the card every day or so.

Maybe a dumb question (many of mine are!) but if you download photos each day, can you just continue putting them on the same disc until that disk is full or do you need a separate disc for each download session? I think disc hold LOTS of photos....many more than I would likely take in one day.

Well, Marcie,

The approach I figured I'd take (to the degree I've thought it thoutht it through) would be:

• person has a card-load o' pictures and asks me to upload them to Marsha's laptop
• I take the card and upload the pictures into a special folder on the laptop, created just for that person's pictures
• person gets card back, continues to take pictures
• repeat above steps as often as required :p

Then, the last day of the trip, I'll burn CDs for anyone who has uploaded pictures.

Of course, I'm open to better ideas!

george

Ah and don't forget the Mariner Club.com also has card readers on their PCs and the Lab Tech will also burn a CD for you of your images.

Thanks Wes....once they're downloaded onto a disc, when you get home you can still edit them on Photo Adobe Workshop (or similar) right?

What about the little keychain storage thingys? Could I load my pics onto the computer at Club.com, then transfer to that little thing? Mine is called a Flash Hopper.

Todd: yep, folks can do that if they wish. I'm just offering an alternative since I'll have the laptop.

Marcie: All you need do when you get home is copy the pictures from the CD to your computer's hard disk. Then you can edit away to your heart's content! :D

Pam: You should be able to use your keychain thingy (we call them a "dongle" around my place of work :p ). One thing to check is how much storage you have on it as compared to the size of your camera storage card(s).

george

George, it's 512 mg, so I think it's bigger than the camera storage card. But that's all moot, after all the angst; I discovered that my laptop will go into a different carry-on, so I'm going to take it. The old, old computer case is awkward since you have to take the laptop completely out for security these days (it has a velcro strap), and my not-as-old one is too small to also carry my books and my jewelry case and my camera (you get the picture).

I'll dither the rest of the day now, but I'm used to that. Mark just sits and says "whatever you want to do", which keeps his good health intact.

I think a bunch of us will have laptops and I've certainly taken laptops on cruises before leaving them out on the desk without any problems whatsoever. George - thanks for offering to do this!!

Masaki

Masaki (et al): no problemo!

george

George, thank you, that was a very nice offer of you to burn CD's for all of us. Ever since I bought a laptop, I have so much fun watching slide shows after I download my pictures that I think I'll still bring mine, even though it is a real pain to take that thing out of my carry-on in security. It is also difficult to hoist the added weight up to the overhead storage, but my girls are strong and usually help me with this!

When I came back from Chile, I had not only my pictures, but about 500 of Todd's as well!

In my everlasting search of finding ways to haul this stuff around I'm now looking for this. A backback that will hold a 15 inch laptop and a Nikon size SLR, with all the lenses and chargers. Not only for airports but I don't like to leave them in a hotel room. Something that you can take to dinner and will fit in the overheads.

Chip, these are on ebay and might work:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=31520&item=6718893730&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=31520&item=6718941192&rd=1

Thanks Marcie, the search may of ended. I like the second one since it has a way to carry it by hand.

The first one made in the Middle East then sold on ebay. I wonder what the story is behind that?